Maya Kaimal is an award-winning cookbook author and founder of Maya Kaimal Foods. She lives in San Pedro, California with her poet husband, Chrisitan Hanz Lozada and their menagerie of pets. Much of her work focuses on advocating for equity, diversity, and inclusion in libraries and librarianship. In 2022 she received the American Library Association Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award and was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in the advocacy category. She is a current board member of the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature. She was the 2019–2022 Executive Director and 2016–2017 President of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada is the 2022–23 President of the American Library Association and Adult Services Assistant Manager at the Palos Verdes Library District in Southern California. Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada 2022–2023 ALA President The program is a collaborative effort from the University of South Carolina’s Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and Penguin Random House Library Marketing. The special livestreaming event centers around Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voices, books, cultures and experiences. “AAPI Communities in Conversation,” featuring authors, creators and librarians. MONDAY, MAY 22 Livestreamed to a Virtual Audience
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